The Seriki Hausawa of Ile Ife, Abubakar Madagali on Monday said the crisis recently engulfed the ancient town was never an ethnic clash, but an attack resulting from a perceived disagreement between two people.
He claimed that the disagreement was hijacked by hoodlums, who attacked the community when they had no means of defending themselves.
Madagali, who spoke at a press conference addressed by the leaders of Ife Community, said most members of Hausa community were given birth to in the town, hence they could not think of elsewhere to relocate to.
Addressing newsmen onbehalf of Ife indigenes, Olajire Awowoyin, warned against peddling of false stories about the cause of the clash, explaining that members of Hausa community remain an integral part of the town.
Awowoyin dispelled insinuations that members of Hausa community are relocating out of the town and claimed that efforts are on to return peace to the troubled Sabo neighborhood where the crises erupted.
According to him, the committee set up by Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, to investigate and facilitate return of peace to the area, has commenced work, meeting various communities in the town with a view to proffer solutions to issues the led to the crises.
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